Give way under pressure

Synonyms for "give way under pressure" (21 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Verb(5 words)
acquiescebowbreak apartbreakpointbuckle

Strong matches (6)

Related words (10)

Verb(10 words)
crumplefailurefailure pointgive ingive waygiving insubmitsuccumbyieldyielding

Related word relations

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More general

11 entries
behaviorfailfailurepointresponsestress responsestructural collapsestructural failurethresholdyieldyielding behavior

More specific

17 entries
acquiescearch collapsebeam bucklingbowbucklecapitulationcave incollapsecolumn bucklingconcedecrack locationcrumblegive ingiving insubmitweak point

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Collocations

15 entries
buckle under pressurecrack under pressurecrumble under pressuregive ingive waygive way easilygive way suddenlygive way to demandsgive way to temptationgive way under loadgive way under straingive way under stressstructural give waysudden give wayyield under pressure

Inflections

8 entries
gave waygave way under pressuregiven waygiven way under pressuregives waygives way under pressuregiving waygiving way under pressure

Derivations

7 entries

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